{"id":6421,"date":"2025-03-04T23:40:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T23:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/Local Reads\/?p=6421"},"modified":"2025-03-04T23:40:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T23:40:13","slug":"my-5-year-old-made-an-entire-restaurant-cry-with-one-simple-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/Local Reads\/my-5-year-old-made-an-entire-restaurant-cry-with-one-simple-act\/","title":{"rendered":"MY 5-YEAR-OLD MADE AN ENTIRE RESTAURANT CRY WITH ONE SIMPLE ACT"},"content":{"rendered":"
One night at Waffle House, my 5-year-old son, Josiah, spotted a man outside, worn and carrying all his belongings. \u201cWho is that?\u201d Josiah asked. \u201cI think he\u2019s homeless,\u201d I explained. Josiah, confused, asked what that meant, and I told him it meant the man didn\u2019t have a home or food.\n
Before I could stop him, Josiah ran outside and invited the man in for a meal. \u201cYou can eat with us!\u201d he beamed. The man hesitated, but I smiled and encouraged him to join us. When the waitress came, Josiah eagerly ordered him the biggest burger.\n
Then, my son did something incredible. He asked to pray and bowed his head, saying a blessing. Eleven people in the restaurant\u2014including the man\u2014had tears in their eyes. The man looked at Josiah as if he had been seen for the first time in years.\n
As we chatted, other diners began paying for meals and leaving money for anyone in need. The waitress, overwhelmed, remarked, \u201cI\u2019ve never seen anything like this.\u201d Josiah, unaware of the impact, just grinned as the man took his first bite.\n
The man looked at Josiah and shared how he once had a son of his own, and how Josiah\u2019s kindness gave him hope. \u201cIt\u2019s never too late,\u201d I told him.\n
Before we left, Josiah gave the man his favorite red hoodie, saying, \u201cSo you won\u2019t be cold.\u201d The man held it close, overwhelmed. As we left, I looked back to see the truck driver and the older woman talking to him, treating him with respect and kindness.\n
That night, I tucked Josiah into bed, and he asked, \u201cDid I do a good thing, Mommy?\u201d I kissed his forehead. \u201cYou did a wonderful thing, sweetheart.\u201d He smiled, \u201cI want to do it again tomorrow.\u201d\n
Kindness isn\u2019t something we do once; it\u2019s something we live every day.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One night at Waffle House, my 5-year-old son, Josiah, spotted a man outside, worn and carrying all his belongings. \u201cWho is that?\u201d Josiah asked. \u201cI think he\u2019s… \n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n